Journal article
Neighborhoods, Social and Cultural Correlates of Obesity Risk among Latinos living on the US-Mexico border in Southern California
Journal of health care for the poor and underserved, Vol.27(2), pp.700-721
05/01/2016
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2016.0063
PMID: 27180704
Abstract
Objectives. We explored the relationship between obesity and neighborhood-related, social, and cultural variables and possible moderation by acculturation and cross-national practices. Methods. We obtained data from the 2009 San Diego Prevention Research Center's community survey, which used multistage sampling methods to recruit 397 adult respondents and conducted multilevel logistic analytic methods. Results. Nearly half of the respondents were obese. Respondents had low acculturation scores and reported crossing the U.S.-Mexico border about three times per month, mostly to visit family and friends. Neighborhoods where respondents lived were predominantly Latino and had 27% home ownership. A significant cross-level interaction emerged: those who reported crossing the border and reported higher levels of collective efficacy were more likely to be obese than those who had not crossed. Conclusions. Study findings provide evidence of the complex relationship among obesity risk factors in a U.S.-Mexico border community that warrant further examination to prevent and control obesity.
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- Title: Subtitle
- Neighborhoods, Social and Cultural Correlates of Obesity Risk among Latinos living on the US-Mexico border in Southern California
- Creators
- Barbara Baquero - Univ Iowa, Coll Publ Hlth, Dept Community & Behav Hlth, Iowa City, IA 52242 USAMarisa Molina - San Diego State UniversityJohn Elder - San Diego State UniversityGregory Norman - University of California, San DiegoGuadalupe Ayala - San Diego State University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of health care for the poor and underserved, Vol.27(2), pp.700-721
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins Univ Press
- DOI
- 10.1353/hpu.2016.0063
- PMID
- 27180704
- ISSN
- 1049-2089
- eISSN
- 1548-6869
- Number of pages
- 22
- Grant note
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; United States Department of Health & Human Services; Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - USA U48 DP00036-03 / San Diego Prevention Research Center U48DP001902 / NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREV AND HEALTH PROMO; United States Department of Health & Human Services; Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - USA Prevention Research Center U48 DP001902-01 / University of Iowa Prevention Research Center
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/01/2016
- Academic Unit
- Community and Behavioral Health
- Record Identifier
- 9984364431002771
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